Found 2 hits - Term: fasciola hepatica, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fluke \fluke\ fl=uk or fl=ook, n. cf. as. fl=oc a kind
of flatfish, icel. fl=oki a kind of halibut.
1. zool. the european flounder. see flounder. written
also fleuk, flook, and flowk.
1913 webster
2. zool. any american flounder of the genus paralichthys,
especially paralicthys dentatus, found in the atlantic
ocean and in adjacent bays. --rhud
pjc
3. zool. a parasitic trematode worm of several species,
having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. two
species fasciola hepatica and distoma lanceolatum
are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease
called rot.
1913 webster
see also:
flounder fleuk flook flowk paralichthys paralicthys dentatus
fasciola hepatica distoma lanceolatum
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
fasciola hepatica
n : flatworm parasitic in liver and bile ducts of domestic
animals and humans syn: liver fluke
see also:
liver fluke
Results 1 - 2 of 2 found about fasciola hepatica: Hepatica
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Hepatica, definition of term: Hepatica
hepatica_pag1.html Fasciola
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Fasciola, definition of term: Fasciola
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